September 29, 2009 — Best practices for diagnosing and treating biceps tendinitis and tendinosis in the family practice setting are reviewed in the September 1 issue of American Family Physician.

Tendons are pieces of connective tissue that bind your muscles to bones. Like any part of the body, injury or overuse can lead to pain or inflammation in your tendons. This condition is called ...

Patellar tendinosis is a frustrating condition commonly encountered in athletes who place high loads on the extensor mechanism of the knee — particularly during jumping or running. Noninvasive ...

Q. I’m trying to decide whether to have surgery on my arm. I’m a 58-year-old male in pretty good health, but I guess I’m what you would call a weekend warrior. My weekend battleground is my vegetable ...

Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden Correspondence to Professor H Alfredson, Department of Surgical and ...

Objectives: The cellular basis of painful tendon overuse pathology (tendinosis) is poorly understood. It has been suggested that because of the close anatomical associations between mast cells and ...